The vast earth will become small and narrow for them as it...
The vast earth will become small and narrow for them as it would be replete with oppression and tyranny. The believers will not find any sanctuary from oppression. Then, Allah will send a man from my family. He will fill the earth with justice and equity just as it was previously filled with oppression and tyranny. The inhabitants of the earth and the skies will become happy with him. The earth will reveal its treasures for him. The skies will shower rains. Men will desire life again.
He will live among the people for 7 or 9 years.”[^4] It is also narrated from the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) that he said: “Our Mahdi has a broad forehead and a deep insight. He will fill the earth with justice and equity as it was filled with oppression and tyranny. He will rule for 7 years”[^5] [^1]: Faraaed al-Simtain, Muhammad Juvaini Khurasani, vol. 2, p. Yanaabee’ al-Mawaddah, Shaikh Sulaiman Qunduzi, vol. 3, p. 163 [^2]: Fusool al-Muhimmah, Ibn Sabbagh Maaliki, p.
294 [^3]: Fusool al-Muhimmah, Ibn Sabbagh Maaliki, p. 294 [^4]: Al Bayaan Fi Akhbaar al-Sahebiz Zamaan, Hafiz Ganji Shaafei, p. 493 [^5]: Yanaabee’ al-Mawaddah, Shaikh Sulaiman Qunduzi, vol. 3, p. 163; Fusul al-Muhimmah, Ibn Sabbag al-Maliki, p. 293 Previous…